Frequent crashes (supposedly Kernel Panics) on Mac Studio M1 Max for a few weeks now.

there are a number of problems with the very large number of things you have added to your Mac.

You appear to have installed a version of GPG tools, a paid subscription that supposedly provides secure encrypted emails. This function is already available directly in macOS. The version of the software you installed was not installed using a valid developer certificate, so the integrity of its code is suspect. Pretty poor for security software:

Unsigned Files:

  Launchd: /Library/LaunchAgents/org.gpgtools.macgpg2.fix.plist

    Executable: /usr/local/MacGPG2/libexec/fixGpgHome

    Details: Exact match found in the legitimate list - probably OK

  Launchd: /Library/LaunchAgents/org.gpgtools.macgpg2.shutdown-gpg-agent.plist

    Executable: /usr/local/MacGPG2/libexec/shutdown-gpg-agent

    Details: Exact match found in the legitimate list - probably OK

You have also installed a replacement of the Apple screenshot functions, and it is also Not signed with a Valid developer certificate.

  Running app: /Applications/CleanShot X.app/Contents/MacOS/CleanShot X

in my opinion, ANY legitimate commercial-calibre software you use daily should come to you with a Valid Mac Developer Certificate (i.e., "signed".) This insures the developer is serious about Mac Development, is keeping up with current trends in MacOS software, and most of all that their code has not been changed on its way to you.

AppCleaner and other third-party semi-automated app removers are not a good idea in general. If you want to remove an App, you should use the software-makers Un-Installer, if one is provided.

VPN you install yourself is generally not a good idea. It does not improve your security in the slightest. Unless you need to work inside a country that requires you to cloak yourself to obtain Internet access, you should not install such software yourself.

Dropbox, an add-on ported from a different environment, is running at all times, constantly scanning your files non-stop looking for changes. This wastes computer resources you could be using for productive work. You should not start it at login, but instead run only when needed, and quit it afterward.

You have far, far too many share services running:

It is EXTREMELY unusual to see any process (except perhaps active video processing) running more CPU than WindowServer. Do you expect this?

Top Processes Snapshot by CPU:

  Process (count) CPU (Source - Location)

  PHP Language Server 98.52 % (Not signed)

  WindowServer 39.14 % (Apple)

  Brave Browser Helper (GPU) 20.58 % (Brave Software, Inc.)

  Brave Browser Helper (Renderer) (39) 16.98 % (Brave Software, Inc.)

  kernel_task 13.25 % (Apple)

diagnostic information section.

Athena widget extension crashed four times.

the other panic has something to do with the frame buffer, but considering how heavily modified your system is with so many add-ons, that may simply be the price you pay for so many add-ons -- instability.

>> My overall advice would be to SIMPLIFY. Eliminate the add-ons you do not use Every day, and try to use MacOS instead of replacing so many parts of it with third-party add-ons.

rayw from fl wrote:

I too have this issue, but on a Mac M1 Ultra.

you do not have the same hardware.

You do not have the same add-ons.

You do not have the same issue unless you have EXACTLY the same kernel panics.

PLEASE start a NEW discussion with your model Mac, version of MacOS, and an Etrecheck report or a kernel panic report.

removing:

anything installed by drag-and-drop can be completely removed by drag-and-drop to the Trash. After a restart, the files will not be part of MacOS, so the trash can be emptied.

anything that uses a complex installer program provided by the software maker REQUIRES the software-maker's un-installer. There is no 'standard place' where those are provided. Some provide the un-installer on the Intall image, others require a separate download from the original site.

No third-party un-installer tool can know everything about what stuff has been placed where. Things may have been included from third-parties and have no obvious connection to the original app. So with third-party un-installers, there is always some guessing involved. There are cases where the 'guessed' item was actually a part of MacOS, and that did not go well, requiring a re-install of MacOS.

As an example, Fidelity Active Trader installs WineServer and Microsoft .NET, typically not installed on most Macs. Should your app remover 'guess' they should be removed? If they have been present and running, what if other software needs them now? It's better NOT to guess.

Back up your data and reinstall OS, It will resolve the issue.

I too have this issue, but on a Mac M1 Ultra.